Research News (12 of 14) | UTK College of Architecture + Design

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

UT Groups Use Research, Heart to Improve Appalachian Region

UT students and professors from various disciplines are working together to make an Appalachian community a safer and healthier place to live—and serve as a model to help other communities like it. Clay County, Kentucky,…

Saturday, September 27, 2014

UT Architecture Students Help Design Nashville’s Future

Nashville may be a city on the rise, attracting new residents by the droves. But it’s also a laboratory for students at the University of Tennessee's College of Architecture and Design, where they are designing…

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Urban Design Leader Philip Enquist of SOM Named UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair

Philip Enquist, partner in charge of urban design and planning and leader of the City Design Practice at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, has been named the sixteenth UT-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair. Skidmore, Owings,…

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Sustainable Design Expert Mark DeKay Inspires through Inventive Teaching and Scholarship

Mark DeKay, a professor of architecture, ignites learning through collaborative and inventive teaching. He teaches advanced undergraduate design studios and seminars focused on sustainability, seminars in climatic design, along with the introductory course in architectural…

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Professor Mark DeKay Named UT Quest Scholar of the Week

Mark DeKay, associate professor of architecture, recently published the third edition of Sun, Wind & Light, Architectural Design Strategies. The book, already a classic of sustainable design education and practice, is now a design resource making accessible to…

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Design-Build Projects by UT Faculty, Students Continue in Haiti

Students and faculty from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Architecture and Design went to Haiti this May to continue work on design-build projects, including a guidebook that will address the urgent need for…

Friday, May 16, 2014

UT Solar House Moving, Donated to Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge

The University of Tennessee is donating Living Light, its award-winning solar-powered house, to the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge. Living Light will move to its permanent home on Saturday, May 17. Starting at 7:00 a.m., the…

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Faculty Research Highlighted through Mic/Nite Hosted by Provost

Participants received a whirlwind education on a variety of topics at Mic/Nite, where eleven UT faculty members took turns making short presentations about their work. Held on March 13 at Relix Theater, Mark DeKay, an associate professor…

Sunday, April 27, 2014

UT Students Win U.S. EPA Sustainable Design Challenge

UT students participating in the Green Oak Project traveled to Washington, DC, where they competed in and won the second phase of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s P3: People, Prosperity, and the Planet Student Design Competition for…

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Students Design, Build Better Access to Home of Woman with Medical Needs

UT architecture students are designing and building front and back entrances to the home of a Knoxville woman with medical needs. They expect to complete the project by Friday, May 16. The home of Barbara…